Dr. Johnson explains Tiger Woods's late-night car crash

The first paragraph of Idler No. 51, first published on Saturday, April 7, 1759:

It has been commonly remarked that eminent men are least eminent at home, that bright characters lose much of their splendor at a nearer view, and many who fill the world with their fame excite very little reverence among those that surround them in their domestic privacies.